An (Ir)rational Suggestion
Posted: June 4th, 2023, 12:24 pm
And why not?
I put forward my (Ir)rational suggestion - for your rapid dismissal - in a spirit of seeking to enhance the "User Experience" (UE) of TLF members. My suggestion is:
'Completely abolish any and all post quoting mechanisms in the TLF BB software'
"But", I hear you say, it's "useful". Yes it is! Of course it is, but that is hardly the point here. Which is... the politics of quoting and referencing. Which, here on TLF, seems to be becoming more and more labyrinthine as the months go by.
"Too much quoting!", "Too many quotes!", "Not the right kind of quote!"
Could not abolishing all TLF BB software quoting functions, at a stroke, abolish such vexations?
In the best traditions of Free Enterprise: "Let a thousand flowers bloom". "Let my people quote!" - If they want to and how they choose to do so, for themselves.
Some might declare this to be "Hard work". Nonsense! Hard work never did anyone any harm (and isn't TLF "hard work" as it is?).
Everyone simply accepts that any reference to a previous post by a TLF poster is in whatever style or method that poster decides appropriate. There would therefore be no "Right" or "Wrong" method of referencing preceding posts. No need for any further entry's (on this matter, at least) in that ever growing, voluminous tome (hand bound in Scivertext) 'The TLF Book of Things Not to Be Allowed'.
What's not to like?
Sir! I have the pleasure(?) to remain your humble, obedient and unworthy servant,
Xfool
I put forward my (Ir)rational suggestion - for your rapid dismissal - in a spirit of seeking to enhance the "User Experience" (UE) of TLF members. My suggestion is:
'Completely abolish any and all post quoting mechanisms in the TLF BB software'
"But", I hear you say, it's "useful". Yes it is! Of course it is, but that is hardly the point here. Which is... the politics of quoting and referencing. Which, here on TLF, seems to be becoming more and more labyrinthine as the months go by.
"Too much quoting!", "Too many quotes!", "Not the right kind of quote!"
Could not abolishing all TLF BB software quoting functions, at a stroke, abolish such vexations?
In the best traditions of Free Enterprise: "Let a thousand flowers bloom". "Let my people quote!" - If they want to and how they choose to do so, for themselves.
Some might declare this to be "Hard work". Nonsense! Hard work never did anyone any harm (and isn't TLF "hard work" as it is?).
Everyone simply accepts that any reference to a previous post by a TLF poster is in whatever style or method that poster decides appropriate. There would therefore be no "Right" or "Wrong" method of referencing preceding posts. No need for any further entry's (on this matter, at least) in that ever growing, voluminous tome (hand bound in Scivertext) 'The TLF Book of Things Not to Be Allowed'.
What's not to like?
Sir! I have the pleasure(?) to remain your humble, obedient and unworthy servant,
Xfool